Commercial roof surveys in Southend
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Southend and south Essex, for the people in charge of its hospital, college, shopping centres, seafront attractions and airport business park who need an honest account of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the SS postcode area, from Leigh-on-Sea and Shoeburyness to Rochford, Rayleigh, Basildon and Canvey Island.
The roofs we survey here
Southend’s commercial roofs run from Southend University Hospital on Prittlewell Chase and South Essex College’s Southend Campus to the Victoria and Royals shopping centres, the rides and arcades of Adventure Island, and the business park beside London Southend Airport.
Salt air off the estuary is hard on flat roofs here, attacking fixings and drying out membranes, and wind-driven rain then finds every weak seam on the exposed seafront.
Southend University Hospital
Southend University Hospital, on Prittlewell Chase in Westcliff-on-Sea, is one of the three main hospitals of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, with Basildon and Broomfield. Thermography and leak detection work from above, so the wards and clinics below go undisturbed.
South Essex College
South Essex College, part of South Essex Colleges Group, teaches at its Southend Campus on Luker Road, one of the group’s sites with Basildon and Thurrock. Teaching blocks, workshops and studios are surveyed in visits agreed with the college’s estates team, so classes carry on. College roofs carry plant, rooflights and extracts, and the seals around them are where leaks usually start.
RAAC in schools
Two Southend settings, a secondary school and a special school, were named on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. Clinics, council offices and libraries in the city with flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s can still hold the planks, and a RAAC survey finds them.
The Victoria and the Royals
The Victoria Shopping Centre, at the heart of Southend, has over forty stores and cafés and more than 500 parking spaces, and the Royals Shopping Centre stands on the High Street. Electronic leak detection traces breaches in the flat roofs over malls and shop units precisely, so repairs go where they are needed. Car park decks take traffic, salt and standing water, and are surveyed with the same care as the roofs over the shops.
Adventure Island and the Airport Business Park
Adventure Island, a free-entry theme park, packs rides, arcades and undercover attractions onto a seven-acre site next to the north end of Southend Pier, and the Airport Business Park beside London Southend Airport is home to the Launchpad innovation centre and IPECO’s 125,000 sq ft building. Roofs over rides, arcades, offices and factories are surveyed by drone and thermography.
Solar by the sea
Sea air takes its toll on Southend’s roofs, so moisture mapping and a condition survey should clear any office, warehouse or college roof before solar panels are fixed to it.
How a roof survey works
Request a quote
Tell us about the building, the roof and what you need to find out.
The right survey
We recommend the methods that suit the roof and send a written quote.
Survey on site
A qualified surveyor carries out the survey, planned around your site, tenants and access.
Report on your roof plan
Every finding is pinned to a plan of your roof, online in your dashboard and as a PDF.
Manage your roof surveys online
From a single building in Southend to an estate across south Essex, approve quotes, follow every survey and open reports in one place, then share them by link so everyone works from the same information.
Areas we cover
- City centre SS1, SS2
- Westcliff-on-Sea SS0
- Chalkwell SS0, SS9
- Leigh-on-Sea SS9
- Eastwood SS9
- Belfairs SS9
- Prittlewell SS0, SS2
- St Luke’s SS2
- Kursaal SS1, SS2
- Southchurch SS1, SS2, SS3
- Thorpe Bay SS1
- Shoeburyness SS3
- Rochford SS4
- Hockley SS5
- Hullbridge SS5, SS6
- Rayleigh SS6
- Hadleigh SS7, SS9
- Benfleet SS7
- Canvey Island SS8
- Wickford SS11, SS12
- Basildon SS13, SS14, SS15, SS16
- Stanford-le-Hope SS17
Questions about roof surveys
Can you survey a hospital, school or campus without disrupting it?
Yes. Surveys are carried out from the roof, and visits are planned around clinical areas, term dates and building access. Any method that needs access inside the building, such as some RAAC inspections, is agreed with you beforehand.
Can you check a Southend school or public building for RAAC?
Yes. A RAAC survey confirms whether panels are present, records cracking, deflection and water staining, and sets out a next step for each area. It is worth considering for any flat-roofed building from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s.
Do you survey seafront buildings in Southend?
Yes. Arcades, ride halls and cafés on the seafront are surveyed with thermography and electronic leak detection, in visits planned around the attractions’ opening so visitors are not affected.
Do you offer pre-solar roof surveys?
Yes. Before panels go on, a condition survey and moisture mapping show whether the roof needs work first. Once the panels are up, anything the roof needs means lifting them first, and the bill for that dwarfs the cost of a survey.
Can you survey roofs at the hospital and the college in Southend?
Yes. Ward and classroom roofs are read with thermography and electronic leak detection from outside, in visits agreed with each estates team beforehand.
What roof systems do you survey?
All the main systems on UK commercial roofs: single ply membranes from manufacturers such as Bauder, IKO, Fatra, Renolit and Sika Sarnafil, built-up felt, liquid applied coatings, mastic asphalt, profiled metal and standing seam.
Can you survey several buildings across Southend and beyond?
Yes. For estates and portfolios, every building can be surveyed to the same scope, with reports in the same format so they can be compared side by side.
Do you survey offices and factory units in Southend, such as those at the Airport Business Park?
Yes. Office, factory and warehouse roofs at the business park and on the city’s estates are surveyed by drone, with thermography and core samples where the readings point to wet insulation.
Do you work on tenanted buildings?
Yes. One report can serve the landlord, the tenant, the contractor and the insurer, so everyone works from the same findings.
How much does a roof survey in Southend cost?
Cost depends on the roof area, the roof system and the methods needed. Call 0113 868 0097 or start a quote online with the approximate roof area and what you need to find out, and you’ll receive a written quote.
Do you cover the towns around Southend?
Yes. Surveys cover Southend and the SS postcode area, from Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff and Shoeburyness to Rochford, Rayleigh, Canvey Island, Wickford and Basildon.
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